Basics of Publishing
Course code
INT6088.DT
old course code
Course title in Estonian
Kirjastustegevuse alused
Course title in English
Basics of Publishing
ECTS credits
4.0
Assessment form
Examination
lecturer of 2023/2024 Spring semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
lecturer of 2024/2025 Autumn semester
Not opened for teaching. Click the study programme link below to see the nominal division schedule.
Course aims
- To enable the students to get an overview about the trends of publishing in the world and in Estonia in oder to orient amongst the different content providers and their production
- To create preconditions for understanding publishing as part of creative economy and cultural industries
- To introduce the phases and agents of publishing, the most notable publishing firms in Estonia and in the foreign countries
- To create prerequisites for acquiring knowledge on the development of bookselling and printing
- To create preconditions for understanding publishing as part of creative economy and cultural industries
- To introduce the phases and agents of publishing, the most notable publishing firms in Estonia and in the foreign countries
- To create prerequisites for acquiring knowledge on the development of bookselling and printing
Brief description of the course
Publishing as part of the intellectual system of the society and as part of the creative economy. The structure and functions of publishing. Copyright issues in publishing. Different types of publishers and theor production, scholarly publishing. Trends in international publishing after World War Two. Costs of book production and pricing. Public book policy. Principles and centres of book statistics. Legal regulations of publishing: copyright, freedom of expression. The development of printing. E-publishing. The special features of book trade and its channels.
Learning outcomes in the course
Upon completing the course the student:
- knows the trends of publishing, bookselling and printing and is aware of legal, cultural, economic and other factors influencing these activities;
- is familiar with the publishing process, its participants, phases and functions;
- is able to orient among the leading publishers active in different types of publishing, above all in scholarly publishing.
- knows the trends of publishing, bookselling and printing and is aware of legal, cultural, economic and other factors influencing these activities;
- is familiar with the publishing process, its participants, phases and functions;
- is able to orient among the leading publishers active in different types of publishing, above all in scholarly publishing.
Teacher
dotsent Aile Möldre
Study programmes containing that course